Melilli

Melilli
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Syracuse  (SR)
Local name	Miliddi
Coordinates	37 ° 11 '  N , 15 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 11 '0 "  N , 15 ° 7' 0"  E
height	310  m slm
surface	136.03 km²
Residents	13,585 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	100 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	96010
prefix	0931
ISTAT number	089012
Popular name	Melillesi
Patron saint	San Sebastiano Martire
Website	www.comunemelilli.it

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Melilli is a town in the municipality consortium Syracuse outdoors in the region Sicily in Italy with 13,585 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Melilli is located 26 km northwest of Syracuse . The residents mainly work in agriculture, construction and quarries. There are other jobs in the Augusta-Priolo industrial complex , a production facility for petroleum products.

The neighboring municipalities are Augusta , Carlentini , Priolo Gargallo , Syracuse and Sortino .

history

In the Middle Ages Melilli belonged to Augusta.

On July 24, 2009, one of the highest temperatures in Europe was measured at 47.0 ° C in the district of Villasmundo.

Attractions

In the city

• San Sebastiano Church, built in 1751
• Church Madre di San Nicolò, first buildings are from the year 1200, rebuilt from 1735 with beautiful frescoes and paintings
• Madonna del Soccorso Church
• Madonna del Carmine Church
• Church of the Cappuccini
• San Antonio di Padova church
• Church of the Holy Spirit (Chiesa dello Spirito Santo)

In the neighborhood

• Megara Iblea is one of the ancient Doric colonies of which only ruins remain today. The excavation site is between Melilli and Augusta.
• The protected cave system of Villasmundo-Sant'Alfio
• The Grotta Palombara cave, which is also under conservation

people

• Giulio Emanuele Rizzo (1865–1950), classical archaeologist

Town twinning

Melilli maintains a town partnership with the following city:

• Middletown (Connecticut) , USA

Web links

Commons : Melilli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Page of Melilli (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.